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BLATTODEA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Cockroaches; in some classifications considered an order

Synonyms:

Blattaria; Blattodea; suborder Blattaria; suborder Blattodea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Blattodea" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Blattodea"):

cockroach; roach (any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests)

Blattidae; family Blattidae (domestic cockroaches)

Cryptocercidae; family Cryptocercidae (a family of Blattodea)

Holonyms ("Blattodea" is a member of...):

Dictyoptera; order Dictyoptera (in some classifications replaced by the orders (here suborders) Blattodea (cockroaches) and Manteodea (mantids); in former classifications often subsumed under a much broader order Orthoptera)

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